M+IT Announces Readers’ Choices

Meetings + Incentive Travel’s readers nominated their favourite venues and suppliers and then cast 2,195 votes to determine the winners of the magazine’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards.

The Readers’ Choice Awards program currently has 14 categories. Three of the categories—Best Hotel, Best Venue (without bedrooms) and Best Caterer—each call for nominations in three regions: Eastern Canada, Central Canada and Western Canada. Five more categories—Transportation Provider (ground), Speakers Bureau, Online Registration, Mobile App and AudioVisual—are awarded nationally.

The 2016 winners and top picks are featured in a special photo report in the November.December 2016 issue. They are:

BEST HOTEL – EASTERN CANADA

• WINNER – The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites │ Halifax, NS
• TOP PICK – Delta Prince Edward Island│ Charlottetown, PE
• TOP PICK – Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland  │ St. John’s, NF

BEST HOTEL – CENTRAL CANADA

• WINNER – White Oaks Resort & Spa │ Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
• TOP PICK  – Fairmont Royal York │ Toronto, ON
• TOP PICK – The Westin Ottawa │ OTTAWA, ON

BEST HOTEL – WESTERN CANADA

• WINNER – Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel │ Vancouver, BC
• TOP PICK  – Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Resort Hotel │ Lake Louise, AB
• TOP PICK  – DoubleTree by Hilton West Edmonton │ Edmonton, AB

BEST VENUE –  EASTERN CANADA

• WINNER  – Halifax World Trade & Convention Centre │ Halifax, NS
• TOP PICK  – The Rooms │ St. John’s, NL

BEST VENUE – CENTRAL CANADA

• WINNER  – Metro Toronto Convention Centre │ Toronto, ON
• TOP PICK  – Scotiabank Convention Centre │ Niagara Falls, ON
• TOP PICK –  TIFF Bell Lightbox │ Toronto, ON

BEST VENUE – WESTERN CANADA

• WINNER – Vancouver Aquarium │ Vancouver, BC
• TOP PICK – Vancouver Convention Centre │ VANCOUVER, BC
• TOP PICK – The Banff Centre │ BANFF, AB

BEST CATERER – WESTERN CANADA

• WINNER – Culinary Capers Catering │ Vancouver, BC

BEST CATERER – CENTRAL CANADA

• WINNER – Peter and Paul’s Event Catering  │ TORONTO, ON
• TOP PICK – Pusateri’s Catering │ Toronto, ON

BEST CATERER – EASTERN CANADA

• WINNER – Sizzlers BBQ Caterers │ Charlottetown, PE

BEST TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER

• WINNER  – WestCoast Sightseeing │ Vancouver, BC
• TOP PICK – Luxury Coach │ Toronto, ON
• TOP PICK – Allante Airport Transportation Services │ Ottawa, ON

BEST AUDIOVISUAL COMPANY

• WINNER – PSAV®
• TOP PICK – Freeman Audio Visual Canada
• TOP PICK – AV-Canada

BEST MOBILE APP COMPANY

• WINNER – EventMobi
• TOP PICK – Cvent

BEST SPEAKERS BUREAU

• WINNER – Speakers’ Spotlight
• TOP PICK – National Speakers Bureau (NSB)

BEST ONLINE REGISTRATION COMPANY

• WINNER – EventBrite
• TOP PICK – Effective Registration Inc.
• TOP PICK  – Cvent

Since 1998, Meetings + Incentive Travel’s Readers’ Choice Awards program has given planners the chance to thank and celebrate the industry suppliers that make their events successful. This year, the program kicked off at IncentiveWorks, Canada’s leading tradeshow for event professionals. The call for nominations ran from Aug. 16 to Sept. 16 and drew 113 submissions in 14 categories. It was followed by a three-week online voting period, which determined the winners and runners-up in each category.